Kansas City Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
September 23, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1956 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Athletics 1, Chicago White Sox 5

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 2b 4 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 0 0
Skizas lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 3 0 1 0
Thompson c 4 1 1 0
Pilarcik cf 4 0 0 0
Groth rf 3 0 1 0
DeMaestri ss 3 0 1 1
Craddock p 0 0 0 0
  Crimian p 1 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
  Kretlow p 0 0 0 0
  Pless ph 1 0 1 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Harrington p 0 0 0 0
  McMahan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 3 0 2 2
Minoso lf 3 1 1 0
Doby cf 4 0 1 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
Lollar c 3 2 2 0
Phillips rf 3 1 1 0
  Northey ph 0 0 0 0
  Delsing pr 0 0 0 0
  Hatfield 3b 0 0 0 0
Esposito 3b 1 1 0 0
  Rivera ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 0 0
Staley p 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 8 2
Kansas City 000 010 000152
Chicago 030 010 01x582
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Craddock  L(0-2) 1.2 2 3 3 4 1
  Crimian   2.1 0 0 0 2 2
  Kretlow   3.0 5 1 1 0 1
  Shantz   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Harrington   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McMahan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
7
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Staley  W(8-2) 9.0 5 1 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
1
2

  E–Power (12), DeMaestri (22), Aparicio 2 (35).  DP–Kansas City 4. Thompson-DeMaestri, Robinson-DeMaestri-Robinson, Power-Robinson, Pilarcik-DeMaestri-McMahan-Lopez, Chicago 2. Staley-Fox-Dropo, Fox-Dropo.  2B–Chicago Aparicio (17,off Craddock); Dropo (13,off Kretlow).  3B–Chicago Minoso (11,off Kretlow).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  CS–Minoso (7,2nd base by Craddock/Thompson); Minoso (7,2nd base by Craddock/Thompson).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:10.  A–9,819.
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